04/24/2026
Recovery Rant🚨🆘🚨
I don’t want to preach, but my social media algorithm since IMTX seems to want to show me “hero” athletes that apparently believe recovery is overrated 😡
And guess what - depending on how your race went, especially at the Ironman distance, you may or may not be physically sore, but you are most definitely fatigued regardless your age, gender, athletic background or your level. Whether your race went well or not, you may be excited to keep building , to keep improving, to keep driving but guess what - your hormones, your muscles, your mind don’t care! We are all depleted whether we think we are or not. 🤷🏻♀️
👉Recovery takes courage!
👉Recovery doesn’t mean you are lazy!
👉Recovery will actually help your next performance IF you have the confidence to take it!
👉Recovery not only minimizes future risk of physical injury or burnout BUT it also then enables you to absorb training (post recovery period).
It doesn’t mean you have to sit on the couch🛋️ and do nothing, BUT you certainly shouldn’t be doing any structured sessions, not to mention intervals, and the list goes on in the week after the event. Go for an easy/short float, or spin, walk - running is definitely the most tricky post IM and has the highest injury risk so tread carefully.
We are all different and my personal recovery looked a lot different and took a long longer after my first Ironman vs my 20th ironman but I will always take time to recover and I hope you do too!
Social media is cool and all but please do NOT try to just copy what someone else does. Find yourself a coach you trust and listen to, have a plan, communicate and please - be smart because contrary to popular believe, none of us are robots!
Rant over🧘🏻♀️
